nbt-sḫm

Egyptian

Etymology

nbt (“lady, possessor”) +‎ sḫm (“power, capacity to overpower”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘possessor of overmastering power’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛbɛt sɛxɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: nebet-sekhem

Noun

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1. epithet for various goddesses [since the 18th Dynasty]

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 249.12